Blue Bugs Lesson 7

Challenge today! If your student can play the song "How To Skip" on their bells (with or without singing) for me, they can earn a candy! This challenge is available to pass off until the end of the semester! Here is a video to help you in learning it.

Practice the melodic patters often if you can. Have your student actively sing and sign along with the Echo Ed sections on the recording. Ask them to show you a Mi Re Do, or Sol Sol Do, or Sol La Ti Do with hand signs.

I've Been to Harlem

We took out the Do, Mi and Sol bells and played them all at the same time to create a "red" chord. We called this happy or "major"! I then changed the MIDDLE bell to make the sound sound sad or "minor". It's important for them to know that the MIDDLE note is the one that changes this sound. We are training the ears to recognize the difference between the two tonalities which helps us to recognize that music can help touch our emotions and influence those listening to music.

Dinosaur Song

We learned this new song today where we identify notes going up or down by moving our bodies and singing. The more senses you use as you learn the more your brain cements and internalizes the concepts.

Sleep, My Treasure

This lullaby increases the student's expressive awareness and reinforce major verses minor sounds.

How To Skip

In this activity we learned how to play steps and skips from notes written on the staff. Yes, we were reading music by looking at the relationships of the notes. Looking for the patterns and relationships of the notes to each other is the optimal way to sight read music.

For a fun twist as you listen to our new "Sleep My Treasure" song, you can invite your kiddo to rock a stuffed animal while they listen. This helps them with keeping a steady beat, internalizing the beat and expanding their musical expressive awareness. So many great things from one little activity!

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